Introduction to the Canon 5D Mark III

- Hi, my name's Rich Harrington.- And I'm Robbie Carman.- And welcome to this week's episode of Video Gear Weekly.Rob, we have a camera that a lot of peoplehave been looking forward to.The 5D Mark III.- [Rob] Yeah, and it's been out for a little while now,and you know, I think Canon peoplewelcome this camera with open arms.You know, I was a 5D Mark II owner.- [Rich] Yeah.- And when the 5D Mark III came out,what's the first thing I did?I got in line and bought a 5D Mark III as well.The big things about this cameraare you know, sort of the same revolutionary featuresthat the Mark II brought, but sort of enhanced.

Obviously, with the Mark II, it was pristine HD videoreally for the first time in a DSLR form factor,and that kind of ignited a revolutionand everybody from independent filmmakers to Hollywoodwas using it.- Yeah, we actually did a really in depthexploration of that.You and I co-wrote along with our friends,Jim Ball and Matt Gottshalk,a book and basically a video seriescalled From Still to Motion,and we loved this camera.It was so useful, we tried it in different environments,and I got to say, the 5D Mark II,while it wasn't the first DSLR with video,it was the first DSLR with video to really get it right.

- Right, and you know, one of the thingsabout why the 5D Mark II was so successfulwas because it was a full frame sensor,and it was sort of, you know, a top end still camera,and because of that full frame sensorpeople went gaga over it for videobecause of the depth of field and the low noise,and obviously being able to usea wide variety of interchangeable lenses,both photo lenses and cinema lenses,and people went crazy with.People started going, oh I'm going to modify thisand make it a PL mount and do all sorts of crazy stuff.- It could shoot in the dark.Look at the low light performance.- [Rob] Right.

- Let's have such shallow depth of fieldthat the nose is in focus and cheek is out of focus.- So Canon really listened to a lot of the issuesthat people were having with the 5D Mark II,both of them, of course, on the still side,'cause let's not forget, these cameras...- First and foremost, nine people out of 10are using this a stills camera.- Right, so a lot of the major market improvementsthat they made on the Mark IIIhad to do with photo performance,but there's also quite a few video tweaksand video performance thingsthat we'll talk about this week,and overall, Rich, I mean, I think thatif you are invested in Canon gear,have used previous Canon cameras,that in all respects, both the photo sideand the video side,the Mark III is a very, very compelling camera to useand in another episodeof Video Gear Weekly, we'll talk abouthow to make it even more functionalby hacking it with things like Magic Lanternand stuff like that.

But out of the box, this is a great camera,and so this week, Rich,let's step through some of the benefits,some of the features,we'll go through some of the menus,and then we'll end up evaluating some footage.- All right.

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11/10/2016

What's one of the best parts about being a video professional? All the cool gear! Rich Harrington and Robbie Carman team up in Video Gear to discuss the latest and greatest equipment for video production and post. In this course, they discuss some of the most popular cameras for video production, like the Blackmagic URSA 4K, Sony Alpha a7, Olympus OM-D E-M1, and Canon 5D Mark III. They review high-end prime and zoom lenses, as well as more cost-effective options, filters, and adapters, and show how to get high-quality results from an iPhone or iPad. Learn the right camera and lens combinations to use in tight spaces and for specific scenarios like product shots and time-lapse video. Find out how to avoid lens flare, rack focus shots, and match footage from different cameras. At the end of the course, they host a wide-angle "shootout" that puts a couple lenses to the test. Both cost and quality are evaluated at every turn, so you'll never have to worry about blowing your budget or compromising production value.